SF lose another council seat

THE growing internal crisis within Sinn Féin resurfaced at the weekend with the resignation of another Dublin city councillor.

SF lose another council seat

Louise Minihan’s resignation is the fourth by a Sinn Féin councillor in recent weeks, among them its longest-serving southern representative, Dublin councillor Christy Burke. All have stated “policy differences” as their reason for leaving the party.

It is believed Ms Minihan, a 28-year-old south city representative, intends joining the militant republican group, Éirigí, which broke away from Sinn Féin in 2006. She would become the organisation’s first elected representative.

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